Mission - 31 May 2026

Dear friends of BCUC,Anyone who has watched the cult classic film The Blues Brothers would know that the movies is about Jake and Elwood Blues who are “on a mission from God” to get the band back together and raise money for a church orphanage. Church mission is a word used by many people and can sometimes seem to mean almost everything the church does or very specifically, making new converts. What then is mission? I like to define it using our church’s motto ‘raising Children of God’ or discipleship. The wider Uniting Church has been drawn to the message of ‘reconciliation’ since its formation, drawing heavily from the words of the apostle Paul to the church in Corinth: "God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself…. and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us"  (2 Corinthians 5:19). Reconciliation is the work of peacemaking, those that were friends, became enemies and are now reconciled into friendship once more. Our wider church’s mission, therefore, is making peace between God and others, between people and each other, and with all creation.Over the next three weeks we are going to explore ‘mission’: what is it, how can we participate in it locally and globally? I hope we will all learn much and be inspired into everyday action. Your brother in ChristBenji